The Justice Department this week rebuffed a request from the House Oversight Committee for more details about the 15 boxes of White House records that former president Donald Trump improperly removed to Mar-a-Lago, hinting in a letter that an ongoing investigation prevents the department from doing so.
Maloney , and reviewed by The Washington Post, acting assistant attorney general Peter Hyun writes that after the National Archives and Records Administration referred “concerns about whether such materials had been properly handled” to the Justice Department earlier this year, officials asked the archives not to share information related to the records taken to Trump’s estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
Hyun concludes the letter by citing the Justice Department’s long-standing policy of complying with congressional requests “to the fullest extent consistent with the constitutional and statutory obligations of the Executive Branch,” adding that “the Department’s goal in all cases is to satisfy legitimate legislative interests while protecting Executive Branch confidentiality interests.
A spokesperson for the Oversight Committee said in a statement that committee officials are in contact with the Justice Department and considering next steps. A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.
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